Dylan Tombides

Dylan Tombides
Tombides at West Ham United (2011)
Personnel
Surname	Dylan James Tombides
birthday	March 8, 1994
place of birth	Perth ,  Australia
date of death	April 18, 2014
Place of death	London ,  England
size	186 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
2010–2012	West Ham United
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2012-2014	West Ham United	0 (0)
2012-2014	West Ham United U21	22 (5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2011	Australia U17	5 (1)
2014	Australia U-23	4 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Dylan James Tombides (born March 8, 1994 in Perth , Australia , † April 18, 2014 in London , England ) was an Australian football player in the position of striker. He played for West Ham United and for the Australian U-17 and U-23 teams .

Before moving to the Premier League, Tombides played for youth clubs in his native Perth and in Hong Kong. He made his debut in the professional team of West Ham United on September 25, 2012 in the League Cup in the encounter against Wigan Athletic , when he came on in the 84th minute for Gary O'Neil .

He died on April 18, 2014 of testicular cancer , which he had suffered from since 2011. In the course of the illness, Tombides got involved in the cancer organization One for the Boys , which wants to raise awareness of cancer in men and whose prominent supporters include the actor Samuel L. Jackson , the snooker player Jimmy White and the singer Peter André . In memory of Tombides, West Ham United will  not reassign the number 38.

Web links

Commons : Dylan Tombides  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Australia's football team mourns the loss of talented striker Tombides. Obituary on the homepage of Deutsche Welle on April 18, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ^ Young Australian forward Dylan Tombides dies of cancer. In: The Sydney Morning Herald, April 18, 2014 (accessed April 22, 2014).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} West Ham United player Dylan Tombides dead at 20 after losing battle with testicular cancer. In: The Daily Telegraph, April 18, 2014 (accessed April 22, 2014).
3. ↑ West Ham 1-4 Wigan. In: BBC Sport, September 25, 2012 (accessed April 22, 2014).
4. ↑ West Ham professional Dylan Tombides died of testicular cancer. In: Focus from April 18, 2014 (accessed April 22, 2014).
5. ↑ Dylan Tombides tributes flood in as West Ham mark tragic death of 20-year-old striker. In: Daily Mail of April 19, 2014 (accessed April 22, 2014).